Compiling CUDA Projects in Visual Studio 2008 (Common Problems)
Maintained by Pedram Ghodsnia


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Error:
fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'cutil_inline.h': No such file or directory

Solution:
1- right-click on project name in solution explorer window
2- Click "Properties"
3- in left window Click Configuration Properties -> Linker
4- set the value of "Additional Library Directories" to 
"$(CUDA_PATH)/lib/$(PlatformName)";"$(NVSDKCOMPUTE_ROOT)/C/common/lib"

5- Right-click on your .cu file
6- Click Properties
7- Click on Cuda Runtime API
8- Set Additional Include Directories to :
$(CUDA_PATH)/include;./;$(NVSDKCOMPUTE_ROOT)/C/common/inc;$(NVSDKCOMPUTE_ROOT)/shared/inc

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Error:
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol  /  fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals

Solution:
1- right-click on project name in solution explorer window
2- Click "Properties"
3- in left window Click Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input
4- Set the value of Additional Dependencies to:
cudart.lib cutil64D.lib

5- Click on Drop-Down box of "Win32" on top-center of the visial studio
6- Click on "Configure Manager"
7- click on Active solution platform drop-down
8- if X64 is in the list choose it, otherwise click on "New"
9- in "type or select the new platform" drop-box choose "x64"
10- Clicl Ok and make sure that x64 is selected.

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Error:
fatal error LNK1112: module machine type 'X86' conflicts with target machine type 'x64'

Solution:
1- right-click on project name in solution explorer window
2- Click "Properties"
3- in left window Click Configuration Properties -> CUDA Runtime API -> Host
4- Set "Target Machine Platform" to "x64"
5- Click ok

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Error:
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'cutil64D.lib'

Solution:
1- right-click on project name in solution explorer window
2- Click "Properties"
3- in left window Click Configuration Properties -> Linker
4- set the value of "Additional Library Directories" to 
"$(CUDA_PATH)/lib/$(PlatformName)";"$(NVSDKCOMPUTE_ROOT)/C/common/lib"


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Error: The program cannot start due to missing cutil64D.dll ....

Solution:
The problem can be solved using one of the following methods:

A) Copy manually cutil64D.dll beside your generated exe file in YourProjectDirectory/x64/Debug directory

B) Copy cutil64D.dll automatically by adding a post build event in setting of your project
to do so you should :
1- right-click on project name in solution explorer window
2- Click "Properties"
3- in left window Click Configuration Properties -> Build Events -> PostBuild Event 
4- Add this entry at the end of command line:
copy "$(NVSDKCOMPUTE_ROOT)\C\bin\win64\$(ConfigurationName)\*.dll" "$(TargetDir)" 



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Error: fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'cublas_v2.h': No such file or directory

Solution:
1- Right-click on your .cu file
2- Click Properties
3- Click on Cuda Runtime API
4- Set Additional Include Directories to :

$(CUDA_PATH_v4_0)/include;./;$(NVSDKCOMPUTE_ROOT)/C/common/inc;$(NVSDKCOMPUTE_ROOT)/shared/inc;